Day 11, July 25: 17.9 miles, total miles: 329.8 - all on trail Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Dutch Miller Gap Trail 1030, Middle Fork Snoquamile Trail 1003, big trees, berries, Goldmyer hot springs, Gateway Bridge, Middle Fork campground A day of forest walking and marveling is easy to do when one's morning starts … Continue reading Forest marveling

Day 10, July 24: 16.4 miles, total miles: 311.9 - all on trail Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Pacific Crest Trail (#2000), pre-1978 Cascade Crest Trail/Dutch Miller Gap Trail 1362/1030, Deep Lake, Waptus River, Lake Ivanhoe, Dutch Miller Gap, Cascade Crest, headwaters of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie A whole day on the Pacific Crest Trail … Continue reading A day on the new & old PCT

Day 9, July 23: 11.9 miles, total miles: 295.5 - hiking, off trail travel Parks, Trails & Places of Significance: Davis Peak Trail 1324, Davis Peak, Terence and Michael lakes, Lake Michael Trail 1336, Trail Creek Trail 1322, Cathedral Rock Trail 1345, Pacific Crest Trail Trail 2000 It's a treat to start a Monday walking … Continue reading Off trail in pika country

Day 8, July 22: 14.1 miles, total miles: 283.6 - hiking, some trails harder to follow, short stretch of gravel road between trailheads Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Boulder-DeRoux Trail 1392, DeRoux Spur Trail 1392.1, Middle Fork Teanaway Trail 1393, Paris Creek Trail 1393.1, Davis Peak Trail 1324, cache #2 New day. New marmot. It felt … Continue reading Lonesome trails to cache-mass

Day 7, July 21: 11.9 miles, total miles: 269.5 - hiking on trails, bits of mellow cross country, crossed a road Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: traversing the divide between Teanaway River and Ingalls Creek, County Line Trail 1226, Beverly Creek Trail 1391, Iron Peak Trail 1399, De Roux campground In brief: A day crossing … Continue reading Familiar summits & hungry marmots

Day 6, July 20: 12.8 miles, total miles: 257.6 - hiking! some bushwhacking, USFS road, trail, and easy cross country Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Old Pass Hill (non)road bushwhack, Old Blewett Pass, County Line Trail #1226, Miller Peak We started off our first day of hiking with a brushy bushwhack on an old logging road. … Continue reading Back on foot & mostly “just right”

Day 5, July 19: 39.5 miles, total miles: 244.8 - bike on rural roads, Forest Service roads paved, gravel, and very rocky surfaces Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Reecer Creek Canyon, Lion Rock, Blewett Pass, cache #1 This morning we had coffee with Steve and the kitties. Then it was time to pack up … Continue reading Up & over Table Mountain

Day 4, July 18: 65.2 miles, total miles: 205.3 - bike on regional trail, city streets, and rural roads Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, Thorp Fruit Stand (local nectarines!), Manastash Ridge, Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park, Ellensburg Fred Meyer (source of cold, delicious watermelon!) Today we biked from Cle … Continue reading Tailwinds & headwinds

Day 3, July 17: 60.5 miles, total miles: 140.1 - bike on regional trails and a few city streets Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Snoqualmie Valley Trail, Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, Iron Horse State Park (P2CSP), Snoqualmie Tunnel, Keechelus Lake, Cle Elum (food & showers) Starting out the day with Alicia and Andy … Continue reading Going under Snoqualmie Pass

Day 2, July 16: 65.2 miles, total miles: 79.6 - bike on regional trails and a few city streets Parks, Trails, & Places of Significance: Interurban Route, Burke-Gilman Trail, Sammamish River Trail, North Creek Trail, Tolt Pipeline Trail, Snoqualmie Valley Trail, Lake Union Park, Wilmot Gateway Park, Snoqualmie Falls Today we enjoyed a selection of trails … Continue reading Yay for interconnected bike trails!